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Stock IDSD00641
Strain NameIA378
AKAbcd1-2 II
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic Descriptionbcd1-2/bcd1-2 (bcd1-2; bcd1, II)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestBCD1 (broadened cortical domains)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to B1975-III of a mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis in 1987 of IA264 followed by cytogamy. Sister clone to IA379.
PublicationsGene and this clone:
Cole ES. 1991. Conjugal blocks in tetrahymena pattern mutants and their cytoplasmic rescue. I. broadened cortical domains (bcd). Dev Biol 148(2):403-19.

Cole ES and Stuart KR. 1991. Biochemical and cytological evidence for an overabundance of mucocysts in the bcd pattern mutant of tetrahymena thermophila. J Protozool 38(6):537-47.
CommentsA mutation that brings about a broadening of oral and CVP domains. Allelic with bcd 1-1 (clones IA342 and IA344). Exhibits conjugal block, primarily due to failure of nuclear fusion.
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD00641
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45